Gideon Blackblade

Legendary Planeswalker — Gideon

Illustrated by Viktor Titov

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EDHREC Rank #8,754

During your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn. +1: Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn. −6: Exile target nonland permanent.

Rulings (5)

You choose which ability the target creature gains as Gideon's first loyalty ability resolves, not as you activate it.

May 3, 2019

If an effect causes Gideon to lose all abilities during your turn, he's still a Human Soldier creature and a Gideon planeswalker. This is because his first ability applies before that ability is lost.

May 3, 2019

If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Gideon during your turn, that damage will have all applicable results: specifically, the damage is marked on Gideon (since he's a creature) and that damage causes that many loyalty counters to be removed from him (since he's a planeswalker). Even though he has indestructible, if Gideon has no loyalty counters on him, he's put into his owner's graveyard.

May 3, 2019